Jean-Lambert Talien, a politician of the era of the French Revolution, gained a reputation among his contemporaries, and then among historians, not too flattering. The son of a butler who became a revolutionary activist, one of the youngest deputies of the Convention, sent on a responsible mission to the very heart of Gironde - Bordeaux, and then, 9 Thermidor, who dared to be the first to oppose Robespierre, a participant in Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign - Taglien quickly made a political career, but did not stay at the zenith of fame for long.